Sam Stormborn Ormandy

Artist, illustrator and graphic designer at Alternative Enchantments.    My artwork is mostly inspired by Fairy Tales and my design draws inspiration from Victorian London. Some of my creations can be found on products in my Zazzle stores; please follow the links to have a look! Alternative Enchantments was started in September 2012 so there isn't a great amount of my artwork online just yet, however, I do have a huge quantity of artwork to be recreated for my online store which is part of my plan for 2013. By the end of this year you'll get a much better idea of my creations.    My fairy tale artwork is about a wonderful place inside my mind. This is a magical world that I also write short stories about to go with the artwork which I plan to publish together in a book at some point in the future.    My design work is very much inspired by the Victorian era. I love the look and feel of that time although I'm very glad to be living here and now. I often have photography trips to inspiring places in historical parts of London and enjoy snapping away at intriguing details including lanterns, wrought iron gates - even trees!    Now you may be wondering how these two very different types of work combine? Well, this is where you have to use a little imagination. The people who live in this fairy tale world would have clothing and home decorations with many of my designs incorporated into them. The items I create are very much a close up and personal view of what these characters find appealing! If it helps, imagine me sitting at my desk with a sketchpad and pencil drawing away. To my right is a beverage coaster with a picture of a butterfly on it and on that coaster is a coffee mug with the very same butterfly. Now this is where fantasy meets reality: through typing this description, I've had the idea to put my butterfly onto a matching coffee mug and coaster set. Perfect for an afternoon tea!   ♥ My fiancée  ♥ Audio Books ♥ Caffeine    ★ I'm also a huge fan of Game Of Thrones based upon George R.R.Martin's incredible book series A Song of Ice and Fire and have read all of the books too! ♥ Please feel free to add me if you'd like to catch up to on the latest from the show or the books!  ★ I'm also a huge of Patrick Rothfuss's The Kingkiller Chronicle    Interests  Art, looking at it but mostly creating new pieces of work! Reading, I love reading audio books as I work!    Movies  Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Studio Ghibli, Quirky, Novelties, European and I'll even admit to some romance. Shhhh! ;)    Hobbies Cycling or as I like to put it, riding my broomstick! (if you think about it, it's the closest thing we can do to truly riding one)Photography, not taking beautiful pictures as most people do but I mostly take photos of things that inspire me for my artwork.  My Website http://www.samstormbornormandy.com  My complete online presence  http://xeeme.com/SamStormbornOrmandy

Art, looking at it but mostly creating new pieces of work! Reading, I love reading audio books as I work! Going to the movies, and going for long walks in parks, forests and any place that has lots of trees!